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Coming Soon: HotDesk/HotDesk Designer

** Update 3 **
There's another beta coming out soon, with lots of exciting new features.:
* The promised 'folder widget' - display the contents of a folder on your device in a virtual screen. I use this as my 'podcast folder' (inside a dock) so I can select one to listen to.
* Directly select a folder/executable on your device whilst in the designer. Obviously you have to have your device plugged in via USB for this to work.
* A QVGA example desk (previous versions only had VGA)
* Lots of bugfixes.
** Update 2 **
Still working hard to get a preview release to you guys. A lot of the current work is in making the PC-based designer as intuitive as possible - an important factor I believe - don't want any complaints about crashing, etc (I hate that the most - you put hours into something, and it explodes).
Anyway - Some of you have expressed concern that you won't be able to get to your today bar icons (the icons down the bottom of the today screen) - while HotDesk is running. The current solution to this is a context menu bound the the desktop click action - that allows you to clip the window to a certain (configurable) height, whilst simultaneously minimizing all other windows - allowing you to see the today bar behind.
This screenshot demonstrates:
Shot
I hope to have a preview release (that won't have all the features that the final release will have, but will still have lots of cool stuff) - to you by the end of next week. Features expected in the preview release:
* Desktop designer, allowing drag'n'drop drawing of all desktop widgets (of course)
* Background widget - set your background, per virtual screen, to an image of any format that PocketPC can read (png,gif,jpg,bmp)
* Picture widget - place a picture at any location on your virtual screens. Handy for non-active element theme customisation.
* Button widget - Define up/down state images, and an action for your buttons (Actions such as 'go to next/previous/specific vscreen', 'start program', 'show/hide dock window' etc)
* Today item Widget - place any today item installed on your system onto any vscreen
* Gauge widget - Text/Graphical gauges linked to system properties (battery,disk/mem free etc). Graphical gauges have customisable background images, and gauge-bar size/image/location.
* Directory widget - place an icon box of any directory on your PocketPC inside a Virtual Screen or Dock - I use this inside a dock, so I can click an icon saying 'My Podcasts' - and up pops a dock sub-window inside my HotDesk with an iconbox with an icon for each of my podcasts. Think of it as a mini-filemanager in a Dock.
More features to come in the final version - but I just want to get this out there for now so you guys can get the creative juices flowing.
More news soon.
** UPDATE **
Got some screenshots of HotDesk running on my JasJar.
A bit of explanation:
Shot 1: The main screen of the demo desktop I'm working on. Here you see 4 application launchers, 2 text gauges (time/date), and a graphical gauge (battery). The Gauge designer can be seen in the designer screenshot at the bottom of this post.
Shot 2: A 'dock' demo. Clicking the 'folder' icon triggers a 'visibility toggle' action on the dock window. The dock window is a Virtual Screen like any other - it just happens to be nested inside another Vscreen.
Shot 3: A demonstration of nesting Today Plugins inside HotDesk. This is more difficult to code than it sounds: essentially you have to reimplement all the message calls/events that the Today screen does. Surprisingly, this was one of the hardest things to code in HotDesk so far. As you can see, I haven't done background transparency for Today plugins yet, but that is coming soon.
Shot 1
Hi All,
I'm creating a new desktop design tool for WM devices. Its aim is to be both friendly to designers, and also to be powerful enough that it's a useful replacement for the today screen et al.
I won't beat around the bush: I *hate* the today screen. I won't launch into a religious argument about that here - I'm just here to show you the work I've been doing.
Announcing: HotDesk.
Hotdesk contains two components: A program that runs on your WM device, that loads '.desk' files - files which contain all the art, logic etc - of your custom designed desktop. The other component is hotdesk designer - an early screenshot of which I've attached to this post.
The designer will be familiar to anyone that has used any kind of vector graphics tool. You simply drag/drop/move - your components on the 'virtual screens' of your desktop.
HotDesk is based around the concept of 'vscreens' - a desktop contains one or more VScreens - that are tied to an orientation (landscape or portrait). Based on the current orientation of your device, the desktops you design for that orientation are displayed - and the user moves between them using buttons that are tied to the 'change vscreen' action.
I'm sure most of you have seen offerings such as 'Wisbar Advance Desktop', and others. Don't get me wrong - Chris does a great job with Wisbar/Desktop - but HotDesk aims to go far beyond products such as these - by creating a rich set of embeddable components that can be customised to your needs. On my PPC, I often find myself jumping between a thousand separate tiny little applications that perform a certain task, or display a certain device statistic - HotDesk aims to allow you to tie almost any action to a button - or connect any device statistic to a custom graphical gauge (as can be seen in the screenshot)
Current features:
Custom button launchers. Definable graphics for up/down states
Completely customisable gauges (gauge image, cursor image, data source)
Multiple virtual screens, and programmable screen change logic
Different screens for portait/landscape views
File list control - e.g. display files in a folder for easy selection (I use this as a popup from my 'podcast folder')
Embed today plugins - In my opinion, today plugins are generally memory hogs - but if you must, you must
Tab widget - have a tabbed dialog within a vscreen
This application is not yet complete, but I must admit I'm excited by what it does so far. I'll be releasing a beta soon - so watch this space. If you have any feature suggestions (e.g. something you've been aching for, not found in other desktop-type apps) - now is the time to speak up.
Oh yeah, here's the screenshot (sorry for the size):
Designer Screenshot
Alex.

You app sounds like it will take customizing the today screen to a new level!
Looks very promising. Will I have the ability to turn my today screen into a dial pad?

kewl!
shud support QVGA / VGA & Square Screens..that's a plus..!
and abillity to change phone dial skin if possible..

Looks COOL!
If I read that right, it'll allow you to have more than one Today screen? Like a virtual desktop?
If so, is there a way to make the inactive one truely inactive so it doesn't use much RAM? That's probably asking waaaay too much, but would be awfully cool!
Either way, I'll be (not so) patiently watching....

blazoner said:
Looks COOL!
If I read that right, it'll allow you to have more than one Today screen? Like a virtual desktop?
If so, is there a way to make the inactive one truely inactive so it doesn't use much RAM? That's probably asking waaaay too much, but would be awfully cool!
Either way, I'll be (not so) patiently watching....
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Already done this - there are two 'memory modes' - light and heavy. Light mode dynamically loads each screen (including today plugins). If you don't go to the screen with the plugin, it doesn't load it.
Of course, the trade off is screen load time.
Heavy mode loads all screens at once - heavier on RAM, but faster.

b_sphinx said:
shud support QVGA / VGA & Square Screens..that's a plus..!
and abillity to change phone dial skin if possible..
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As for the QVGA/VGA - each vscreen has a preconfigured size - the device-side application chooses the correct default vscreen based on the res/orientation. You specify the default starting vscreens in the designer.

so... when is the beta release??

Thanks
Greetings,
Hope to see your product soon,
and yes do make it compatible with omap 850 processor coz its little slower than
others.
And also if you could add minimizing windows like we have in desktop it would be great.
Hope you'll giv it for free cuz i dont have any credit card or any other card to pay. I'll love to have your application.

samy.3660 said:
Greetings,
Hope to see your product soon,
and yes do make it compatible with omap 850 processor coz its little slower than
others.
And also if you could add minimizing windows like we have in desktop it would be great.
Hope you'll giv it for free cuz i dont have any credit card or any other card to pay. I'll love to have your application.
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I'll come up with some arrangement for people participating in the beta - more information soon.

Hi!
This app seams like "the thing", but will it be WM2003SE compatible?
Regards,
PK

Testing
I would like to be part of the beta testing when avalible. GreggSymington(@)Sbcglobal.net . Looks great so far.

I would also love the opportunity to be in your beta group.
Would it be possible to lock one or more of your Today screens separately?
Also, will there be a toggle for accessing the main (or user defined) Today screen, similar to VJTodayButton?
Both of these functions would be really convenient.

Cool
Greetings,
Yes i will be participating in beta ver.

Is there a testing version yet?

Hi LordChaos
Been playing around with theme development and would love the opportunity to beta test your product
rgds, GA

datruth said:
Looks very promising. Will I have the ability to turn my today screen into a dial pad?
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I'm going to assume your answer is no.

datruth said:
I'm going to assume your answer is no.
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If there's enough interest I''ll code a TAPI wrapper - thus allowing this.

Any news?

WoW, nice way of creating virtual desktops. It reminds me to the Wisbar Advanced Desktop plugin for Wisbar Advance 2 but even better since you are also developing a proper tool for PC!!!!!
Congratulations!!!
Oki

Great Work
This looks fantastic. Would love to be in the beta test of this. Keep us posted.

[PRJ][21.09.2008]The Manila Interface of your dream PnP (pen-and-paper) ;)

Hello guys!
I think many of us came to the thinking that, though TouchFLO 3D is great UI, we should make something alternate, something that better fits our needs. And now, i think i'm ready to create one, but first we should decide how should it look like and how should it operate.
So, i propose a kind of "brainstorming contest" where you decide about the look of a new UI. But to avoid this turning into an annoying feature request list ("more tasks on today! please! please! please!" ), here are the rules:
- NO text-only suggestions - every post s/b illustrated with pen-and-paper drawing
- NO screenshots or photoshop cooks - only hand-drawings or something that look like em (yes, you can use digitizer tablet )
- drawings are NOT required to be professional - just something to illustrate you thoughts
- you are NOT required to develop the complete UI - you may just post suggestions about UI parts, but preferred things are unique navigation idea (try to forget about tabs), apps\tabs convergence, brand new useful apps/tabs
- best contributors ideas (possible with Manila API) will be implemented and their names will be listed in "About..." screen
Posts that violate rules (even best of them), will be ignored.
That's it.

maybe this is too open ended.. do you haev some ideas of your own that you might want to put forward?

omniwolf said:
maybe this is too open ended.. do you haev some ideas of your own that you might want to put forward?
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I'm already implementing ideas of my own
I just wanted to know what do folks think/dream about

show us whatcha go then!

I think D-MAN666 doesn't want to influence people, this is a brainstorming If he starts with his idea, it is probable that nobody will post a completely different concept...

This might be a useful start for interface design:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=397220
One thing I would love to see is a radial menu:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_menu
Similar to tap-and-hold for a context menu, but instead of a list popping up, a radial menu appears. You could fit 8-12 options around the circle, which would cover TF3d's pages.
So in usage, tap for the popup radial menu, then:
- swipe up for Contacts
- swipe right for Music
- swipe down for Home
- etc
IMO, it's much easier to be accurate in swiping at different angles/directions than it is to be precise with the default TF3d slider tabs, so you could really speed your way through the interface. The same could apply elsewhere: tap and hold a contact, then swipe up to call, left to SMS, right to email, etc.
For other thoughts, here's a read on interface optimization (for the technically inclined):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts's_law
And maybe later if I'm bored I'll draw some mockups

http://microsoft.blognewschannel.co...bile-7-to-focus-on-touch-and-motion-gestures/
sorry for breaking the rules, but everyone else is lol...thats a link to the WM7 concept design...along with theoretical gestures...i really digg the battery bar on the bottom and the reception bar...

Ill be the first then...
A quick drawing i knocked up... manila stays very much the same but basicaly show page navigation on the manila both horizontal and vertical..
I hope its clear enough

2 ideas here
I am going to break the rules since I'ma t work and can't really be seen drawing lol.
Here they are:
- Make use of the touch capacitative ability of the the buttons panel. It's made up of three touch panels. Maybe a swipe from left to right to unlock and right to left to lock.
- Display applications within tabs. Ex: Being able to display Icontact when sliding to the contact tab.
And for UI inspiration, I would look here:
http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/setupsaskins/45-091setups/69-new-minimal-flow-theme

Ok, here's my concept
The general idea is to keep most of manilla look'n feel, just remove useless animations/transitions, and change the home screen.
Changes : on the right side of the screen, a scrollbar similar to the "contacts" one appears. It controls the content of the box under the clock.
On the left, a button to maximize (take the place of the clock) the box, and a fast vibrator/ring permutation button.
So, by scrolling the bar, the content of the box changes, could be call log, contacts, fast program launcher, music player, and so on.
The idea is to keep complex functionalities (camera, tv, etc) needing full screen accessible by the manilla bar, and quick&fast features such as logs, sms, player accessible on the main screen.

Nice idea, man

Hi there,
just a thought on a possible gui for the UI, instead of tabs, layers (don't know if that's possible, but it would be very cool imho)
you could have multiple layers, and have the layers in the backgound fade out and become smaller (perspective) and use a swipe up or down to navigate

Anything happening on here?
Just wondering

SinnerNL said:
Hi there,
just a thought on a possible gui for the UI, instead of tabs, layers (don't know if that's possible, but it would be very cool imho)
you could have multiple layers, and have the layers in the backgound fade out and become smaller (perspective) and use a swipe up or down to navigate
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great idea!
like the game u can get on Playstation 3... where u 'swim' around collecting stuff and going thru lvls....

I'm thinking that the Ximoon idea is quite good but one thing that should be included is landscape option and I'm not talking about TP version but one with the same functions like the portrait one

I like the idea of the circular menus...

well first of all thanks to you guys you are doing awsome work and its always funn spendin my free time in your forums
now to my idea
does anybody know the film : the lawnmower man? theres one scene almost at the end of the film where he tries to escape to the internet i think the idea is quite amazing movn in a bowl and havin litle windows to select.
what do ya think
this is the link to the movie scene just skip it forward to about 5 minutes
Edit: sry forgot the link :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doAnB5_eDnw&feature=related

User interface yrgo 2.3 beta 2

Hi all,
I've something to play with for you . New yrgo 2.3 beta 2.
This version is dedicated for 320x240 devices only! The 640x480 version will be released later.
Installation notes
Since this version implements new graphical layout system, you have to uninstall the version before and delete "\Program Files\yrgo\Skins" folder. This is valid even if you are running 2.3 beta 1.
What's new
File explorer supports Create folder, Delete file/folder, Copy, Cut, Paste (using context menu).
In-build SMS Writer - works in Contact detail's page or when you press Reply in SMS details.
Complete new graphical layout system - Color Themes, Images (icons, buttons) and Wallpapers are now separated. There's no way how to change icons at this moment.
Wallpapers can be changed using File explorer and its Context menu (need to be applied on jpg images).
Repaired bugs you have noticed me on.
Please, let know what do you think about this version and report me bugs you've found.
Download link: http://www.2daysoft.com/yrgo/beta/2.3beta2/yrgo.cab Please DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE it anywhere (you can of course distribute link to this page). Thank you.
Features of yrgo 2.3 beta 1:
This list controls were completely redeveloped so they support variable height items.
Complete new graphical design (with PNG alpha support - give me feedback whether is it too slow or not).
On the fly help almost everywhere.
Today plugin gadget bug fix - yrgo should exit properly now
Desktop gestures - left, right switches the desktops
Analog clock in Clock gadget
New Calendar gadget (it shows wrong month yet)
New Connection manager Gadget
Gadgets can be re-sized - (doesn't work on all gadgets yet)
Gadgets border shown in design mode
File details when you click the (+) sign
Specific Control panels allow direct access to the specific tab (click on (+) sign)
In Contacts you can directly access all contact's phones using (+) sign
Completely new Contact details page (some functionality is missing - will be added later)
Completely new Task details page
Plenty of new settings
Dialog boxes that prevents mis-taps (can be set-up in Settings)
New Calendar page in Office menu (without Appointments support - yet )
New Help menu and all its items
Contact's hide/show keyboard bug fix
I'm sure I forget lot of new features or bug fixes .
Known bugs:
The main menu takes a looooong time to appear at the first time (I know what causes this - just didn't have time to fix).
Help wizard should not be added to the Favorites or Desktop.
Some of them I've already written above ;-).
Because new icons in yrgo are bigger, you current desktop setting may not fit.
Enjoy .
Regards,
Luky

Look sweet, will try now!!

awsome
gonna try it now i will come back with feedback after some playing time with it.

wow
wow is all i can say. Ive only used it for a couple of minutes and this is just amazing. Could use the flow feature like in icontact but this is great so far. Well done. Im excited about this app and cant wait for future updates

Thanks for the positive feedback guys .

I am patiently awaiting a VGA version to test with my Diamond. I remember using yrgo a while back when I was investigating all the WM shell options. It seemed pretty cool then, but the lack of true VGA support was disappointing.

Very nice, but will better interface with the default is WM7

[APP][New Audio Feedback] (April 11th, 2009) Gesture Dialer V1.2.2

Greetings,​
i was looking arround, and i saw a thread talking about the gesture dialer of Android, i thought "Ewwww, we have to get that on WM"
so here it is
once you place your finger on the black area, a grid will be drawn,
the place your finger initially toutches the screen is the #5
Now With Audio Feedback & More Config​
Features :
- Dial using Gestures (ideal when driving)
- Ability to make voice phone calls through the software.
- Haptic Feedback
- Speed Dial (Right side Vertical Bar), place your finger there, the place your initial touch is speed dial #1, move down to get the rest of speed dials)
- Configuration Form
- Audio Feedback
How to use :
- Place your finger on the black area.
- move your finger around to see the top right corner changing
- to place a call move your finger to the most lower right corner (a "C" will appear in red in the top right corner).
- back space is the most lower left corner (a "B" will appear in red in the top right corner).
- To open the Configuration form, call a blank number
- Youtube Video (by Pocketnow.com) for V1.0
enjoy

Known Issues :
- Switching to landscape mode cuzes gestures problem (Work in progress)
V1.2.2
- Added More Configuration
V1.2.1
- Fixed : #6 is shown as 4
- Added : Audio Feed back (from Here Origin fuzemobility.com thanks to bugsykoosh for the info)
V1.2.0
- Fixed : Engine Accuracy Bug.
- Added Application Icon (Thanks to wapvirus)
- Added Feature : Speed Dial Support (5 Speed Dials, Configurable using Registry or Config Form, see below).
- Added Feature : Numbers are drawn on the grid.
- Changed : Haptic feedback (once) when the hovered number changes, (twice) when a number is selected.
- Added : Configuration Form (Call a blank phone number to show)
V1.01
- Added Feature : Haptic Feedback.
- Added Feature : 1 second hold on "B" clears All Numbers
- Added Feature : Application Closes after Call is placed.
V1.0
- Initial Release
More To do :
- Video Call Support
- Audio Numbers Reading
- Customizable Background and grid colors
- KBHook with Green and Red Buttons
- Smart Dialer
Compatibility List
- Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
- Blackstone
- Omnia
- Vogue
- i780
if you have some numeric voice clips (zero, one, two ....... nine) please let me know, i would love to use them if the are nice

nice one works on blackstone
haptic feedback would be nice, when finger reaches new area. the audible confirmation of a number was spoken on adroid, wasn't it? that would be nice, too
wishlist:
haptic feeback and spoken confirmation feedback
bigger font which follows finger while pressed/sliding
possibility to hide taskbar (e.g like in thumbcal)
auto end gesture dialer when launching call
custom-background
get rid of the grid
icon xD

Sure sure, i just want to know what you need
whatever you need will be there

this is a concept only
a nice concept
you can aprimorate with haptic and
you can do that with the touch, appears in a local white spot, as if clearing with a flashlight, and look where the other numbers, the light with your finger to move and clear the other number, as is already there but in dark

Pretty nice work dude! Keep making the app better and better and it will rock!

Wow, wasn't expecting this to work as well as it does!! I almost find this easier to dial a number than having a keypad anyway!!
Great work, looking forward to future releases.
evorgevol

Works excellent on my Omnia!
Waiting for the update!
Oh, and add an Icon lol

I can give you english and german voice files (wav/mp3/ogg) if you like/need.
some more ideas...
- clear all numbers, when finger lasts longer than 1 sec on "B"
- exit program on red button

Will this work on my Vogue?

will it support smartdialing ? Video call ?
Thanks for this

graphic914 said:
Will this work on my Vogue?
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Please try it and let me know
usrname said:
I can give you english and german voice files (wav/mp3/ogg) if you like/need.
some more ideas...
- clear all numbers, when finger lasts longer than 1 sec on "B"
- exit program on red button
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i really can use the english ones as a start, then they can be configurable
regarding the ideas, these seems to be a bit complicated at this stage.
clearing the numbers after certain duration requires timers to work internally in order to get the timing so it might affect performace (i am a performance guy)
closing the application on Red Button requires some keyhook (i guess) which i'm not fimiliar with atm.
medkid said:
will it support smartdialing ? Video call ?
Thanks for this
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i don't see a reason preventing this in future releases.
everyone, this is a software right?!
it always can be done, (unless i don't want to )
cheers mates

"+" for international calls
The grid is geeting missplaced on my Xperia.
At the moment I have to touch in the middle of the screen to get the correct grid.
If I touch somewhere else the grid is "shifted" and disorted and not all numbers are available.
Bug or feature?
Maybe you can team up with
iContact AE Edition
http://icontactae.codeplex.com/
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=468007
JKingDev
for the key hook thing
Best regards,
dingolino

dingolino said:
"+" for international calls
The grid is geeting missplaced on my Xperia.
At the moment I have to touch in the middle of the screen to get the correct grid.
If I touch somewhere else the grid is "shifted" and disorted and not all numbers are available.
Bug or feature?
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actually my friend this is the whole idea of the application.
when driving for example, you cannot look at the dialer (HTC or SE ones) in order to know which number to press.
in normal phones (ones with NumPad) you can always know where the #5 is, so you can press the numbers easily and make calls.
the concept of the application is, where ever you put your finger on the screen it will automatically shift the grid to place #5 under your finger (1st scenario is you place your finger on #5, here #5 comes under your finger) and you can move your finger to select the number you want to dial without even looking (peeking) at the device.
thanks alot for the links, i will take a look there

If you need the sound files for the numbers, go to this site!
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

you excuse but I don't understand as it is used.
does a video exist?

hey this doesnt work for me
it says it cant instalize LEDS

Wow, seems like a cool idea. Does this replace the standard dialer, or is it a separate app?
Thanks!

bstylz911 said:
hey this doesnt work for me
it says it cant instalize LEDS
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seems this is a problem with initializing the Vibrator
i will add an option to disable it until fixed.
cincy1020 said:
Wow, seems like a cool idea. Does this replace the standard dialer, or is it a separate app?
Thanks!
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a separate application, you will still have your dialer don't worry.
thanks for the Wow
xILukasIx said:
If you need the sound files for the numbers, go to this site!
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
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can't use that
see the license, thanks though.
Yes, both the site itself and any downloaded audio files have restrictions. The website is for demonstration purposes only, and is not a free service. The goal of this site, after all, is for as many people as possible to listen to AT&T Natural Voices™ text to speech.
AT&T Natural Voices™ is available commercially at reasonable prices, so please consider purchasing if these limitations affect you. Natural Voices™ is available in desktop, server, and SDK editions. The desktop voices are an inexpensive add-on to several PC packages which read documents, convert to MP3 files, etc.
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what about ms anna tts voice? I think that wouldn't be a problem to use that voice due to license

[NEW] Pointui Phone: Next Gen Dialer [1.0.08!]

Hi everybody,
We are proud to present you a brand new dialer for your device.
If you want to give it a try, you will find it here:
​Enjoy!
Changelog
[17 nov. 2009] Pointui Phone 1.0.08
New feature that allows a scrollable list of search results from the T9 search to be displayed - you will notice a search icon appears if there are more results to view now
Added setting to add/remove a shortcut in \\Windows\\Startup so Phone loads when device is reset
Added setting for delay on startup
Updated Phone to minimize when setup to load on device startup
Fixed click hold for + on keypad
Added setting for Autolock when on call
Added setting for delay of Autolock
Fixed time formatting
Added ability to use hardware keys to answer call
Fixed settings so activation screen can be displayed during a Trial
​​[5 nov. 2009] Pointui Phone (Public release)
​[4 nov. 2009] Pointui Phone 1.0.06
Phone is focused if attempt is made to launch it again while it was already running (this may have been why some thought it wouldn't start back up
Launching the OS contact card view to edit a contact now works correctly
Any wait cursor code we had in the startup of the app has been removed
The phone now rings correctly on devices like the X1 and Diamond that were not ringing on an incoming call
The favorite area of the home screen is now aligned to the top/left when slid to using the favorite contact button - this is to make it seem a little more friendly, and all squares in that view can have a favorite added - feels a bit more "conventional"
An additional contacts screen was added from the home screen to allow browsing of all contacts
Text color automatically adjusts for favorites that have no photo and display text by taking into consideration the square color
Phone no longer is focused when phone status changes like flight mode
Fixed memory leak with Call History
[29 oct 2009] Pointui Phone 1.0.04b
Incoming call now rings/vibrates as per normal phone settings.
Calls now updates list after removing all calls.
Aligned the Favourite Contacts area of the canvas to be top left so there are rows of 5 blocks and updated image map so there are no blank spots for that immediate area.
Removed Delete option for Contacts
[28 oct 2009] Pointui Phone 1.0.04
First Community beta!

Does it support video calling?

Here are two video previews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgjnF2LNxlo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fxtK3TjUvc

AWESOME Thats all i can say.

Very nice design does it require pointUI?

Nice design ???!!
This design is absolutlely HO-RI-BLE ..
Maybe it's me, but I have never seen something so ugly ... (tried it on my elf)
This time, I am really disapointed ..
Come on, you can do better (should be easy) pointui guys ..
In terms of functionalities either, I don't get the advantage compared to standard winmo dialer ..
Thomas

X2D said:
Very nice design does it require pointUI?
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It does not seem to require pointui.

OMG OMG OMG
This was the best looking dialer I have seen in... well, it is the best dialer I have seen, period. Nice Montecristoff!!!!!!

meh....looks a bit unorganized as far as the interface. I prefer a clean look myself. it does move very fast and I like the framerate of motion. very smooth transitions. any way to quickly search through contacts by letter like pointui? I hate having to scroll the entire list to get to the bottom.
good start! I noticed this is revolution engine 2.5b....hinting at a pointui update????

tlefeuvre said:
This design is absolutlely HO-RI-BLE ..
Maybe it's me, but I have never seen something so ugly ... (tried it on my elf)
This time, I am really disapointed ..
Come on, you can do better (should be easy) pointui guys ..
In terms of functionalities either, I don't get the advantage compared to standard winmo dialer ..
Thomas
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I agree that is FUGLY! Not even gonna install it to try it...

Ye ugly in my eyes as well. and it is so disorganised. Something a lot different though if you like it. But for me... no.

I guess we live in a world full of people with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) where everything has to be symmetrical. They tried a different approach, just like everything that is meant as innovation. I honestly don't see the harm in being a little asymmetrical (although I will admit that the choice of colors sucks... and that is putting it in light terms). However, this is a beta people, it is bound to get better as the development continues.

Its abstract...
looks just funny

I don't dig the abstract art style, but I do dig the touch scrollable dialer screen to reach different functions. Very innovative and seems user friendly.

+ Que PPC said:
Its abstract...
looks just funny
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Que!!!!!!!
What's up?! Haven't seen you in a while!

Personal Preference....
I guess it comes down to personal preference... I personally do not care for the color scheme, but I think the concept and execution of the dialer seems very cool.
Maybe come up with other themes (something less abstract and more business-like/professional perhaps?) and you probably have a winner on your hands...

TheSeanTeam said:
I guess it comes down to personal preference... I personally do not care for the color scheme, but I think the concept and execution of the dialer seems very cool.
Maybe come up with other themes (something less abstract and more business-like/professional perhaps?) and you probably have a winner on your hands...
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Couldn't agree more

You guys having a go at it for the theme shouldn't be judging a book by its cover:
Shane said:
Pointui Phone
Trial runs for 30 days (requires one time internet connection, activesync to PC is acceptable).
Includes Classic and Zun3 themes.
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From the original PointUI thread. There are already 2 themes included, you don't have to run with the 'abstract' looking one as you're all calling it.

oh hell naw

Installed on WQVGA i910 Omnia all seems to be going well. Will report back with any problems.